Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 12)
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- Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 12)
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Children in Fawara camp
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of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It is to
be remembered that the Zionist
authorities previously deported two of
the committee’s members, the mayors
of Al Khalil (Hebron) and Halhoul, to
Lebanon in the summer of 1979.
Protesting prison conditions
In mid-June the Zionists opened
a new prison called Rafeedyah in Nab-
lus, filling it with new detainees as well
as those transferred from other jails. The
new prison is divided into four parts with
a total capacity of about 1,500. Each part
is isolated from the others and has a
separate administration. The prison now
contains 250 inmates with an average of
fourteen in a single cell 4.5m. x 4.5m. It
is equipped with modern torture and
spying equipment such as television
cameras in the cells.
Almost immediately the conditions
in Rafeedyah sparked protest. On July
Oth, there was a confrontation between
prisoners’ families and the guards when
mothers complained of the treatment
their sons were getting. The prisoners
began a protest inside and refused food;
they were accosted by the guards who
used tear gas and clubs against them.
The families then took the protest to the
offices of the International Red Cross
where they staged a sit-in for the follow-
ing demands:
- Medical treatment for all those with
contagious diseases, and that specialist
doctors be allowed to enter the jail.
- Improvement in the food, and cash
payment for prison work.
- For the prison administration to deal
with the prisoners’ representative as a
liasion.
- Providing beds rather than prisoners’
sleeping on the floor.
- Allowing the purchase of a transistor
radio.
- Allowing the prisoners to get the leaf-
lets, magazines and newspapers that
are distributed in occupied Palestine.
- Increasing the amount of money pris-
oners may receive from outside for can-
teen expenses. .
- Allowing longer sunbreaks for the pris-
oners who now spend over 22 hours
daily inside.
- Allowing more freedom for the prisoner
to choose his cell.
On July 20th, there was another clash
between the prison guards and the
detainees’ family members who con-
tinue to press for better treatment of the
prisoners.
Entrance to Duheisha as it was blocked by the Israelis last year
ia ESE.
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